Final homework assignment from dearly departed teacher will bring you to tears

by hexacoto

In the original Japanese link of the image, like one of the commenters said about the first characters of the writing on the board, “五十せ？” It was supposed to be 幸せ, just really messily written. Looks like teachers are guiltiest of messy handwriting more so than students.

Death is indeed the final departure, but that does not mean that the echoes of our lives can’t have some lasting effects on the lives of those who survive us. One Japanese school teacher understood that he was nearing the end of his time on earth and did what he could to dispel the certain grief of his beloved students the only way he knew how. He gave them one last homework assignment.